Legolas, Master Archer

A 1/4 with reach is a body built to survive, not to attack, and that stance is the whole point: this Legolas rewards a spellslinging shell that treats him as both a target and a trigger. Cast something at him and he grows; cast a targeted spell at an opponent's creature and Legolas deals damage equal to his current power to any single creature, including the very one your spell already hit, which is how you pile enough on a large threat to finish it off. The two triggers reinforce each other, because every combat trick, aura, or protection spell you aim at Legolas raises the damage his removal-adjacent ability can deal the next time. The construction turns on a distinction most players glide past: the second ability keys off spells that target a creature you don't control, not just any burn or removal, so it wants the pointed, single-target effects rather than sweepers. That narrower band is what disciplines the engine. In practice he is a value nucleus in a deck full of cheap, targeted interaction, quietly converting your removal into a second helping of damage while stacking counters off your own pump. The 1/4 frame is the cost of that reliability: he is not meant to close a game by swinging, but to sit back, block flyers, and turn a spell-heavy board into a firing line.